pumpkin cupcakes.

last week at work i got a pumpkin cupcake in the cafeteria. i posted about it on facebook and travis replied wondering where his cupcake was. i decided i would make some for us at the house and called my mom on the way home from work. she didn't have a recipe, and i was too exhausted to look up a recipe on my iPhone.

i kept thinking about those cupcakes, so finally i headed to the grocery store with a martha stewart recipe in hand.

i forgot to take a picture, so martha's version will have to do.

here's the yummy recipe:

• 2 c all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp coarse salt
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1 tsp ground ginger
• 1 /4 tsp freshly grated nutmeg
• 1/4 tsp ground allspice
• 1 c packed light-brown sugar
• 1 c granulated sugar {i used splenda}
• 1 c (2 sticks) unsalted butter, melted and cooled
• 4 large eggs, lightly beaten
• 1 can (15 ounces) pumpkin puree

preheat oven to 350 degrees. line cupcake pans with paper liners; set aside. in a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and allspice; set aside.

in a large bowl, whish together brown sugar, granulated sugar, butter, and eggs. add dry ingredients, and whisk until smooth. whisk in pumpkin puree.

divide batter evenly among liners, filling each about halfway. bake until tops spring back when touched, and a cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean, 20-25 minutes, rotating pans once if needed. transfer to a wire rack and let cool completely.

this recipe makes 18 cupcakes. i didn't ice them the night i made them. i let them sit and cool for quite some time. travis and i each ate one before bed, but neither of us had icing. they were still really yummy.

the next night we both added cream cheese icing to our own cupcakes ... travis made have had two.

i packed up the rest to take as my contribution to thanksgiving dinner. i ended up icing all of them with the cream cheese icing at my mom's ... and did a pretty good job, if i do say so myself. i usually hate the way my cupcakes look when i ice them with just a butter knife, but this time i liked the result. too bad i missed my photo opp.